Cloth-measuring reel



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J. H. PETERS.

q CLOTH MEASURING REEL. 7 No. 251,936. Patented Jan. 3,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. rnrnas, or NEGHESVILLE, TEXAS.

CLOTH-MEASURING RE EL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 251,986, dated January 3, 1882.

' Application filed August 19, 1881. (No modeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that INIAZVIES H. PETERS, of Nechesville, in the county of Anderson and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Cloth-Measuring Reel and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a ver tical section through the line was of Fig. 1, look ing in the direction of the arrow, and showing a roll of cloth in position. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4. is an enlarged detailview of the registering devices,

My invention relates to certain "improve ments in cloth-measurin g reels, designed prin cipally for measuring bagging, carpets, &c. i

This class of inventions'consists usually of a supporting-frame, a roller upon which the cloth is wound off the roll, and a cutting-board and measuring-roller, against which latter the cloth bears in its travels, and the revolutions of which roller are made to register and indicate by audible payed off.

My invention consists in the peculiar com-' bination and arrangement of the cutting-board withtwo standards, whereby the said cuttingboard is made to act as a sufficient brace for the frame, as well as to perform the offices of a cutting-board.

The invention also consists in means for producing a variable tension on the cloth as it passes from the roll to the reel, whereby the tendency of different thicknesses of cloth to wind the cloth in greater or less lengths than the register indicates is compensated for and corrected.

The invention also further consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the various parts of the device, whereby a very much cheaper, simpler, and more effective reel is produced, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A represents the base-frame, which is made of four pieces jointed in rectangular shape. From the ends of this baseframe there rise two rigid vertical standards, B B. In notched bearings in the lower part of these standards is placed the roll-shaft O,

signals the number of yards fastened to permit it to be wound upon the reel.

About midway between the roll-shaft and reel-shaft is fixed the cuttingboard E, which is arranged in a more or less verticalplane be tween the standard, and has tenons on its ends, that enter mortises in the standards. Near the cutting-board are two rods, F F, one of which,F, is on one side of the board, near the top, and acts as a tie-rod, while the other one,

F, is on the other side of the cutting-board and near the bottom. This rod F acts both as a tie-rod to hold the cutting-board firmly to the standards and as a tension or guide rod,

overwhich the cloth is directed before it is passed to the measuring-roller. (See Fig. 2.) G is the measuring-roller, which is located upon. the opposite side of the cutting-board from the tension rod F and near the bottom of said board. This roller has a plain periphcry with teeth or points on the same, which,

by engagement with the cloth, prevent the latter from slipping and give a positive movement to the roller exactly equal to the feed of the cloth. Upon the end of thejonrnal of this roller is arranged a. short crank or tappet arm, 1), Fig.4, which is made to act upon registew ing-wheel H to record the number of revolutions of the roller. The pen ipheryof this roller bei n g made to equal a certain portion of a yard-- as a quarter, for instance-every four revolutions constitute one yard. The wheel H is according] y laid 01$ for twenty-five yards into one hundred subdivisions, for which there are one hundred peripheral teeth, into which the short crank or tappet of the measuring-roller successivel y engages, and by which latter the said wheel is moved one tooth for each revolution of the roller. f

To look the registering-wheel against any displacement that might occur between the revolutions of the tappet-arm b, I place between the registeriug-wheel H and the nearest standard a vertically-sliding detent, I. This consists of a plate which has two slots, 0 c, in it, through which screws pass to guide it and loosely connect it with the standard, and which detent is cut away with a halt-round out where it approaches the journal of the registering-wheel, and is re-enforced by a stifi'eningrib, d. This detent is arranged in vertical position and extends from the lower edge of the wheel to a point above the same, where it has a tooth, e, that drops into the notches of the wheel, and also a handle, f, that allows said tooth to be lifted out at will. This detent I cause to be operated by the tappet-arm b, which latter lifts against thelower edge of the detent, removing the tooth e from the notches just before it acts upon the wheel to turn it. Then just as the tappet leaves the wheel-notch the detent falls down of its own gravity and locks the wheel again.

In arranging the cutting-board in the standards its tenons are made shorter than the mortises in which they are seated, so that the cutting-board has an adjustment up and down, which adjustment may be fixed at any desired point by set-screws or other devices.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the cloth passes from the roll at the bottom over the tension-rod F, thence under the cuttingboard, thence around the roller which does the measuring, and thence to the reel above. Now, I have found that it is impossible to measure different thicknesses of cloth, carpet, or bagging around the same roller unless the tension is regulated according to the thickness of the cloth. This is so by reason of the fact that the middle lineof the cloth is the line Y of measurement, while the outer surface is-the surface that gives motion to the roller. Now, with very thin material this difference is so slight as to involve little or no difference; but with a very thick materiala greater quantity of material is reeled off than is actually registered, and to counteract this variation I adjust the cutting-board downwardly with a greater tension for the heavier stuffs, so as to stretch them suflicientl y over the roller to compensate for the variation. This I consider to be a feature of great merit. Another great advantage of my invention is the making of the cuttingboard also to fulfill the function of a'brace, whereby the construction of the carrying-frame and its parts as the nature of the work to be I done requires.

To produce an audible signal for every yard measured, a series of twenty-five pins are arranged upon the inner side of the registeringwheel, and are made to bear against a snapspring to give such signal.

I am aware of the fact that'an adjustable. stretching-board has been placed between the stock-roll shaft and the reel-shaft of a clothstretcher, and I therefore do not claim this feature of an adjustable board, except when combined with a measuring-roller and located to bear on the cloth between the stock-roll and the said measuring-roller, it being obvious that the varying of the tension for my purpose only has value in connection with the measuring devices that indicate the aliquot parts of the cloth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is-- 1. The combination of a base-frame having two vertical standards, B B, a stock-roll, G, located in hearings in the bottom of the said standards, a reel-shaft, D, located in bearings in the top of said standards, the combined cutting-board and brace E, arranged in the standards between the roll 0 and reel D, and the measuring-roller G and tension-rod Fl, located upon opposite sides of the said cutting-board, as described.

2. In a cloth-measuring machine, the combination, with the measuring-roller, its registering devices, and the stock-roller, of. an adjustable cutting-board located to bear upon the cloth between the measuring-roll and stockroll, as and for the purpose described.

8. The combination of the measuring-roller, having tappet b, the toothed registering wheel, and the detent I, adapted to be operated'by the same tappet b that actuates the wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described. JAMES H. PETERS.

Witnesses:

J NO. T. BRYAN, A. P. McCLURE. 

